This sounds like it might qualify as one of the worst – if not, THE worst – insider breach of 2011. When people affiliated with the Justice Institute of British Columbia starting seeing their homes shot at or set on fire, the RCMP began an intensive investigation. That probe has now culminated in the firing…
Category: Education Sector
College fails to properly dispose of documents – Privacy breach at Red River
Garth Hilderman reports: More than 1,000 pages of campus crime reports, complete with the names, addresses and even photos of some victims, were dumped in a recycling bin at Red River College, a privacy breach the college calls “very serious.” The college has referred the matter to the provincial Ombdusman office to determine the severity…
AR: PCSSD Employees Could Be Victims of ID Theft
Heather Crawford reports: Former and current Pulaski County Special School District employees are being urged to keep a close eye on their financial accounts. A letter from the district went out Friday informing them their confidential records, including name and social security numbers, may have been compromised. A district spokeswoman says a laptop containing the…
KS: Personal information stolen from Student Housing office
Adam Strunk reports on a breach at University of Kansas: Thieves broke into a Department of Student Housing office Wednesday night and stole documents containing personal information of current and former student housing residents, according to a Department of Student Housing email distributed Friday afternoon to those affected. The email, signed by Student Housing Director…
TX: Teacher’s aide fired, NISD makes changes after alleged ID theft
Lauren Lea reports: Northside Independent School District fired an instructional assistant charged with identity theft, and the district is now making changes within. 25-year-old Jason Miller was let go Thursday, two days after his arrest. Inside Miller’s apartment, Live Oak Police found a stack of forms used to authorize criminal background checks for district volunteers…
The College of New Jersey reports vulnerability might have exposed 12,815 student job applicants’ information
David Karas reports: Officials at The College of New Jersey this week reported an unintentional data breach in the On-Campus Student Employment System, an in-house system designed to store information about students applying for on-campus jobs. According to a notice sent to students and faculty Monday, a vulnerability in the system was identified Nov. 2…